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Super-rotator
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| Topic: Titan |
03/11/05 |
| Titan's surface appears to be as complex as planet Earth's, though the rates at which the various forces modify its surface may be much slower than on our planet. Imaging scientists, analyzing images of Titan designed to allow views of the surface and lower atmosphere. |
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The Missing Methane
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| Topic: Titan |
03/09/05 |
| Arizona's Jonathan Lunine presented a lecture entitled "Titan: A Personal View after Cassini's first six months in Saturn orbit" at a NASA Director's Seminar on January 24, 2005. Lunine discusses the question of missing methane in an edited transcript of Part 2. |
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Investigating Titan's Surface
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| Topic: Titan |
03/02/05 |
| Jonathan Lunine, a professor of planetary science and physics at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, is also an interdisciplinary scientist on the Cassini/Huygens mission. |
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Drive-by Titan
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| Topic: Titan |
02/24/05 |
| During its multi-year orbit of Saturn, the Cassini probe will revisit remotely the resting place for its long-time companion, the Huygens descent pod. During its recent third close flyby, the details surrounding the strange landscape became a region of great interest to scientists back on Earth. |
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Long-view to Titan
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| Topic: Titan |
02/24/05 |
| New images from Saturn's largest moon, Titan, reveal a view from the large, terrestrial telescope in the southern hemisphere. The famous "Titan smile" is visible along with a perspective on where last month's landing took place. |
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Titan Rising, Part II
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| Topic: Titan |
02/22/05 |
| Just over a month ago, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Saturn's giant moon Titan. The probe sent back stunning close-up images of a world never before seen is such detail. |
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Titan Rising, Part I
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| Topic: Titan |
02/20/05 |
| Just over a month ago, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Saturn's giant moon Titan. The probe sent back stunning close-up images of a world never before seen is such detail. |
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Titan's Ringtones
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| Topic: Titan |
02/18/05 |
| The microphone onboard the Huygens probe captured the descent turmoil durings its descent to Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The rapid tone changes give hints at what fast, supercold winds greeted the arriving science package. |
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Titan's Huge Crater from Radar
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| Topic: Titan |
02/17/05 |
| Scientists are excited to employ both radar and direct imaging to connect surface features on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. One surprising feature found has been the first craters from the impact of a large comet or asteroid. Such craters help planetary scientists determine the age of the crust. |
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Titan Wind Mystery Settled from Earth
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| Topic: Titan |
02/08/05 |
| In a fortuitous turnabout, large ground-based telescopes have provided data needed to measure the winds encountered by the Huygens spacecraft as it descended through the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan last month. |
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